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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
The Australian market has received flat to negative leads from overnight trading offshore. Wall Street's key indices were flat, but commodities were lower, as were European markets. At 0732 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, however, the September ...

IQ Business grows 20pc due to Cooper Review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
IQ Business Group has benefited from the Federal Government's review of the superannuation system, growing more than 20 per cent as trustees assess the potential impact. Graham Sammells, chief executive at IQ Business Group, which works with super funds ...

AIST alerts regulator on misleading campaign against super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
Superannuation body AIST rejects ad campaigns from mining groups claiming the proposed resources super profit tax (RSPT) will hurt retirement savings - and calls on ASIC to look into these "irresponsible" and "misleading" claims. AIST wants to alert ...

Tone down fund rivalry: Clitheroe

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
One of the most familiar faces in consumer finance, Paul Clitheroe, has urged super funds to reduce their fund ratings competitiveness, as these debates only exacerbate consumer confusion and impact their long-term savings. Fund ratings, including those ...

Fee-for-service advice made easy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
A financial services research firm has come up with a simple step-by-step process that allows financial planning dealer groups to find out the cost of providing fee for service advice. Business Health's six step process begins with determining what ...

Liquidnet taps NZ market

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
Liquidnet, a firm which provides a marketplace to facilitate institutional equities trading, is expanding its trading operations to include New Zealand listed securities. Liquidnet will commence trading of New Zealand equities next Tuesday, offering ...

SMSF education gains traction

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
More than 700 new members have joined SMSF online resource centre, www.thesmsfreview.com.au in its first three weeks of launching. Paragem Dealer Services introduced the website to the financial planning community in late May. Ian Knox, managing director ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2010
The Australian share market is set for a strong opening after Wall Street posted its highest close in nearly a month on stronger industrial and technology stocks. At 0732 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 68 ...

US Commission subpoenas Goldman Sachs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
Goldman Sachs, which is currently under SEC investigation, has been issued a subpoena by the US Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission this month. According to a press statement from the Commission, Goldman Sachs failed to comply with a request for documents ...

GSJBW infrastructure director resigns

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
Ben Hare, director of Goldman Sachs JBWere's infrastructure team, has resigned - prompting Standard & Poor's Fund Services to place the Goldman Sachs JBWere Australian Infrastructure Fund 'On Hold'. Hare has decided to move to a role outside of financial ...